About

I discovered wine before I could legally drink it. I tried everything: Cab Franc, Cab Sav, Rhône reds, Pinot. Chenin Blanc, Savagnin, Chardonnay and more. I loved it but didn't understand it.

Wine shouldn't be intimidating, yet there I stood, like Alice before too many bottles marked 'DRINK ME', paralysed by endless shelves and cryptic wine lists, caught between mass-market mediocrity and exclusionary experts.

Ourglass was born from this conundrum.

So I started speaking with importers, growers, friends. The more I listened, the clearer it became: wine needed new language.

We believe wine is both deeply personal and fundamentally communal. It's not about status or superlatives. It's about that magical first sip that changes everything.

Like driving the Pacific Coast Highway in a drop-top. Like The Streets live in Brixton. Like tasting Pierre Koffmann's stuffed pig's trotter for the first time. The stuff of memory.

That’s where Ourglass comes in: a way to buy wine that feels both informed and intuitive.

We have stripped away the noise. No marketing speak. No unnecessary barriers. No algorithms deflavourising to average.

Instead, we connect curious folks directly to authentic wines and the stories behind them. We are building a community where everyone, novice to veteran, belongs together.

This is an invitation to discover wine on your terms. Simple, straightforward, and a little magical.

Welcome to Ourglass. For those who think wine should taste like something and mean something.

Ben